Artificial Intelligence, Rising Global Division, and Co-Bot Trolls: Group Researchers – We Got Some Work to Do!

In my mid-career reflection, I want to highlight three research areas that require urgent attention. I themed these research opportunities as the ‘good’ (i.e., new AI methods changing how we can study groups), the ‘bad’ (the rise of hate, global division, and conflict), and the ‘ugly-ficial’ (working with vs against artificial agents). Looking into the next decade, my hope is that the ‘multi-disciplinary’ family that contributes to Small Group Research will work together to resolve some of our society’s most urgent problems.